Citation Award

The Citation Award provides an opportunity for collaboration with provincial/territorial professional occupational therapy organizations. A maximum of two (2) Citation Awards per province/territory may be awarded annually. The purpose of the Citation Award is to acknowledge the contribution/accomplishment to the health and well-being of Canadians of an agency, program and/or individual within each province/territory, who is not an occupational therapist.

Past Recipients

2016

Technology for Independent Living (TIL) - Nominated by CAOT-BC and CAOT. Arlene Morrison, Aboriginal Infant Development Consultant - Nominated by CAOT-BC and CAOT. Dirk Silversides - Nominated by the Saskatchewan Society of Occupational Therapiss and CAOT. Department of Family Medicine in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba - Nominated by the Manitoba Society of Occupational Therapists and CAOT. Mitch Bourbonniere - Nominated by the Manitoba Society of Occupational Therapists and CAOT. Dr. David Price - Nominated by the Ontario Society of Occupational Therapists and CAOT. Waterloo Region Suicide Prevention Council (WRSPC) - Nominated by the Ontario Society of Occupational Therapists and CAOT. Mary A. Hache - Nominated by the New Brunswick Association of Occupational Therapists and CAOT. Marcel Cormier and Andre Chevarie - Nominated by the New Brunswick Association of Occupational Therapists and CAOT. Hèléne Sylvestre - Nominated by the Ordre des Ergothérapeutes du Quebec and CAOT.

2015 Canadian National Institute for the Blind – BC/Yukon Division - Nominated by CAOT-BC and CAOT. Matthew Scott - Nominated by CAOT-BC and CAOT. Om Kochar - Nominated by the Saskatchewan Society of Occupational Therapists and CAOT Nine Circles Community Health Centre - Nominated by the Manitoba Society of Occupational Therapists and CAOT. Dr. Gary Shady - Nominated by the Manitoba Society of Occupational Therapists and CAOT. Ontario Stroke Network - Nominated by the Ontario Society of Occupational Therapists and CAOT. change that can affect the lives of those at risk of or living with the outcomes of stroke. Pamela Wallace - Nominated by the New Brunswick Association of Occupational Therapists and CAOT. Canadian National Institute for the Blind NS-PEI Division - Nominated by the Nova Scotia Society of Occupational Therapists and CAOT. vision rehabilitation services that are offered to people with vison loss in Atlantic Canada. Louise Dauphinais - Nominated by the Ordre des Ergothérapeutes du Quebec and CAOT.

2014 British Columbia Coalition of People with Disabilities - Nominated by CAOT-BC and CAOT. iHuman Youth Society - Nominated by the Society of Alberta Occupational Therapists and CAOT. Parkinson Society Saskatchewan - Nominated by the Saskatchewan Society of Occupational Therapiss and CAOT. Dr. Gary Altman - Nominated by the Manitoba Society of Occupational Therapists and CAOT. Karyn Lazareck and Sandy Sheegl from the Gaining Resources Our Way (G.R.O.W.) Program - Nominated by the Manitoba Society of Occupational Therapists and CAOT. Dr. Samir Sinha - Nominated by the Ontario Society of Occupational Therapists and CAOT. The Honourable Mario Sergio, Minister Responsible for Seniors - Nominated by the Ontario Society of Occupational Therapists and CAOT. Ability New Brunswick - Nominated by the New Brunswick Association of Occupational Therapists and CAOT. The KV Old Boys - Nominated by the New Brunswick Association of Occupational Therapists and CAOT. Mel Fitzgerald - Nominated by the Newfoundland & Labrador Association of Occupational Therapists and CAOT.

2013 Dr. Anne Durcan - Nominated by the Manitoba Society of Occupational Therapists and CAOT. Sue Boreskie - Nominated by the Manitoba Society of Occupational Therapists and CAOT. Robert Leinweber - Nominated by the Society of Alberta Occupational Therapists and CAOT. Calgary Association of Self Help - Nominated by the Society of Alberta Occupational Therapists and CAOT. Dr. Mark Nowaczynski - Nominated by the Ontario Society of Occupational Therapists and CAOT. Sobeys Team Campbellton, NB - Nominated by the New Brunswick Association of Occupational Therapists and CAOT. Darell Mullin, Medichair Moncton - Nominated by the New Brunswick Association of Occupational Therapists and CAOT. Paul Hughes - Nominated by the Prince Edward Island Occupational Therapy Society and CAOT The Canadian Red Cross of British Columbia - Nominated by CAOT-BC and CAOT.

2012 Mary Cox-Millar - Nominated by the Manitoba Society of Occupational Therapists and CAOT. Vicky Olatundun - Nominated by the Manitoba Society of Occupational Therapists and CAOT. Prosper Place Clubhouse - Nominated by the Society of Alberta Occupational Therapists and CAOT. Canadian Pain Coalition - Nominated by the Society of Alberta Occupational Therapists and CAOT. Hope Cancer Help Centre Inc. - Nominated by the Saskatchewan Society of Occupational Therapists and CAOT. Association of Family Health Teams of Ontario - Nominated by the Ontario Society of Occupational Therapists and CAOT. Great West Life Centre for Mental Health - Nominated by the Ontario Society of Occupational Therapists and CAOT. Le Service des installations metérielles de l'hôpital régional chaleur de Bathurst, New Brunswick - Nominated by the New Brunswick Association of Occupational Therapists and CAOT. Dr. Abdurazzak O. Atiyah - Nominated by the Nova Scotia Society of Occupational Therapists and CAOT. Clary Stubbert - Nominated by the Nova Scotia Society of Occupational Therapists and CAOT. Partners for Workplace Inclusion - Nominated by the Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Occupational Therapists and CAOT.

2011 The Canadian Mental Health Association, Saskatchewan Branch - Nominated by the Saskatchewan Society of Occupational Therapists and CAOT. The School of Physical Therapy at the University of Saskatchewan - Nominated by the Saskatchewan Society of Occupational Therapists and CAOT. The British Columbia Paraplegic Association - Nominated by the British Columbia Society of Occupational Therapists and CAOT. The Fraser Valley Brain Injury Association - Nominated by The British Columbia Society of Occupational Therapists and CAOT. The Autism Awareness Centre Inc. - Nominated by the Society of Alberta Occupational Therapists and CAOT. The Canadian Working Group on HIV and Rehabilitation - Nominated by the Ontario Society of Occupational Therapists and CAOT. Harold Dykeman and Frank Harriott - Nominated by The New Brunswick Association of Occupational Therapists and CAOT. The East Coast Forensic Hospital’s Housekeeping staff - Nominated by the Nova Scotia Society of Occupational Therapists and CAOT. Stella Burry Community Services - Nominated by the Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Occupational Therapists and CAOT.

2010 Iris Court Project of the Schizophrenia Society of Alberta - Nominated by the Society of Alberta Occupational Therapists and CAOT. Ron Wickman - Nominated by the Society of Alberta Occupational Therapists and CAOT. The Kinsmen Telemiracle Foundation - Nominated by the Saskatchewan Society of Occupational Therapists and CAOT. Carrie McComber - Nominated by the Saskatchewan Society of Occupational Therapists and CAOT. Neil MacHutchon - Nominated by the Manitoba Society of Occupational Therapists and CAOT. Grace Galezowski - Nominated by the Manitoba Society of Occupational Therapists and CAOT. The Mental Health Commission of Canada Workforce Advisory Committee - Nominated by the Ontario Society of Occupational Therapists and CAOT . Dr. Joshua Tepper - Nominated by the Ontario Society of Occupational Therapists and CAOT. Sharon R. Beesley Gainforth - Nominated by the New Brunswick Association of Occupational Therapists and CAOT. Patti Melanson - Nominated by the Nova Scotia Society of Occupational Therapists and CAOT. The Newfoundland and Labrador Workplace Health Safety and Compensation Commission - Nominated by the Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Occupational Therapists and CAOT.